04 BLOCK 12 Culture

Beijing , China

Founded in 2016 by Cao Jie , BLOCK 12 Culture ’ s operations began as a designer of animated emojis . Following attracting 1.3 billion downloads the company expanded its operations into anime and other related content . Operating in both China and Japan the company has also opened physical stores for customers to purchase emoji-based dolls and figurines . Since its founding the company has received investment from the likes of Chinese VC firms ZhenFund and K2VC .

104

2016

YEAR FOUNDED

$ 40mn

RAISED FUNDING IN US DOLLARS

Founder

CAO JIE

FEBRUARY 2021